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(ay' rah) Personal name meaning, “ox” or “traveller.” 1. Clan of 775 people who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel from Babylonian Exile about 537 B.C. (Ezra 2:5 ). Nehemiah 7:10 gives the number as 652. 2. Father of Schechaniah, father-in-law of Tobiah, who led opposition to Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 6:18 ). May be identical with clan head of 1 above. 3. Member of tribe of Asher (1 Chronicles 7:39 ).

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Arah'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/a/arah.html. 1991.

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